Heh. It's the Libertarian in me. (At any rate, the quote you chose is absolutely wonderful, especially if you reflect that it's said at the beginning of the rule of Louis XIV - the modernity!)
And of course BR, as far as I can tell, knew about math. I'd like to say that no doubt Noam Chomsky knows about linguistics, but that's a bit harsh on poor BR...
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Date: 2006-08-13 05:13 pm (UTC)And of course BR, as far as I can tell, knew about math. I'd like to say that no doubt Noam Chomsky knows about linguistics, but that's a bit harsh on poor BR...